Extension handle for utensils, such as fly swatters and the like



NOV. 1, 1932. K KRAG ET AL I 1,885,730

EXTENSION HANDLE FOR UTENSILS, SUCH AS FLY SWAT' IERS AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 2, 1928 2 INVENTORS ATTORNEYS 4 Patented Nov. 1, 1932 FRANZ K. KRAG, OF CHICAGO, AND JOHN VICTOR NELSON, 0F MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO U. S. MANUFACTURINGQCORPORA'IION, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, .'A

CORPORATION or ILLINOIS EXTENSION HANDLE FOR UTENSILS, SUCH FLY :SWATTERS AND THE LIKE Application filed. November 2 1928. SerialNo. 316,668.

This invention relates to improvements in extension handlesadaptedfor use with fly swatters and utensils or implements of various kinds, and the principal object of the invention is the provision of such a handle construction which is strong in various extended positions and also sufiiciently rigid, as well as resilent, to serve its purposes efliciently.

Further objects of the invention include the provision of such a device which may be made cheaply and quickly on a production basis, in which the various parts may be adjusted to various lengths and held in these adjusted positions by friction, which has positive stop means for fixing the extreme limit of extension, and which may be used Wither as part of various utensils and implements, and which lends itself to decoration or ornamentation in various ways.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, this invention consists in the construction,'combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and then claimed in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which discloses one embodiment of this invention, it being understood, however, that various changes may be made in pratcice within the scope of the claims without digr-essing from our inventive idea.

In. the drawing:

V Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of this invention shown in connection with a fly swatter, the parts being shown in non-extended position;

Fig. 2 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1, the parts being shown in extended position 5 Fig. 3 is an enlarged view showingthe parts of the handle in their most extended position;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view showing the parts in non-extended position;

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section 011 line 55 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a broken view of part of the structure, including a slight modification.

The drawing illustrates a fly swatter, or the like, using a device constructed in accordance with this invention. It is, of course,

u-nderstod, as previously stated, that this construction, may be used in connection with other devices. i

v The numeral ldesignates the main handle part which is preferably in the form of a H16- 1;;

tallies tube2 flattened at each side as at 3, so as to have a rather elongated cross-section. To one end is secured thegrippln'g element 4 and near the other end is provided an opening or aperture 5 ing means.

The other'handle part, which is the slidwhich forms a stop-engaga'ble part, is designated genera-lly'bythereference character'o, and 1s in the form ofa-wire part 8, and the end 'llthereof is bent or turned over the end 12 of the other handle part. Furthermore, thehandlepart 9 is bent or bowed so as to be sprung slightly away from the other handle part 8. In addition,

one of the handle parts is formed or provided with'a stop 18 which in its preferred embodiment,'as shown, includes a bend or bulge formed in the wire with a shoulder let out at one end thereof. Due to the bowed formation I of the wire handle part 6, this stop element will spring into the opening or aperture '5 so that the shoulder 14 engages the edge-thereof, and thereby constitute a positive step lim- 'iting the extending movement offthe parts.

.Lll.() bent end of the handle part 9 and the bowed arrangement of the same insure 'suff'n cient frictional engagement with the inner surface of the tube 2 so that the parts will be frictionally held in any adjusted position with sufiicie'nt safety to permit operation of the device. Of course, the stop and thelstopengaging means cooperate to fix'the extreme limit of extension positively. V The device is cheap to manufacture, com- "posed of few parts, readily assembled, sim- .ple and strong in construction and easily adjusted or extended to variouslengthsr In F 5 a slight modification is shown which "involves twisting the wire handle parts 8 and 9 at or near the apex of the triangular one side thereof near an open end thereof,

head 7, as indicated at 15, so as to add strength the extension movement of the parts relative and rigidity to the construction at this point. to

What we claim is:

each other.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, 1. An extension handle construction in- We have hereunto set our hands th1s'26th eluding a main handle part formed of a tube day of October, 1928.

having an aperture formed in one side thereof near the open end thereof, an extension handle member slidably mounted 1n sald tube composed of wire and the part fitting within the'tube including a pair ofstrands, one of said strands being provided with a positive stop element to engage said aperture to limit the extension movement of the parts relative to each other.

2. An extension handle construction in cluding a main handle part formed of a fiata tened tube having an aperture formed in an extension member slidably mounted in said tube composed of wire and the part fitting within the tube including a pair of strands, one of said strands beingbowed and formed with a. shoulder to provide frictional engagement with the tube and to engage said aperture to limit the extension movement of the parts relative to each other. 3. A device of thecharacter described, in-

cluding a body, a handle member connected tosaid body and having a. pair of elongated strands extending from said body, a tubular main handle part provided with an aperture, said pair of strands being slidably mounted in said tubular handle part, one of said strands being sprung slightly away i from the other strand and being provlded with a projection, the strands forming a con struction which resiliently frictionally engages with the inside of said tubular handle part, the projection being received by the aperture in the tubular handle part'to form means for l miting the extension movement Y vof the two parts relative to each other.

t. An extension handle construction, in-

cluding a main handle part formed of a tube having an aperture, an extension handle member slidably mounted in said tube and the part fitting within the tube including a pair of strands, the strands being formed of resilient material, one of said strands being I provided with a stop element for engagement with said aperture for limiting the extension movement of the parts relative to each other, the strands being under tension within the tube and the stop element being received by said aperture.

5. A device of the character described, including a main handle part formed of a tube provided with an aperture, extension member slidably mounted in said tube, the

part fitting within the tube including a pair of strands, oneof said strands being sprung slightly away from the other strand and formed with a shoulder to provide frictional engagement with said tube and said shoulder being received by said'aperture to limit FRANZ K. KRAGQ son. 

